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            Capital funding funding opportunities via the Rural Assistance Center
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    Capital funding funding opportunities, with information provided via the Rural Assistance Center
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				<copyright>Copyright 2012 Rural Assistance Center</copyright>
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        http://www.raconline.org/funding/topic_details.php?topic=Capital%20funding        </link>
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<title>Hershey Foundation Grants</title>
<description>Funding for unique, innovative, and creative projects for children in Northeast Ohio. Geographic coverage:  Northeast Ohio  -- Hershey Foundation </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1258 </link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:15:45 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1258 </guid>

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<title>Indiana Community Improvement/Development Grants</title>
<description>Grants which are used to support the funding of specific capital projects in the areas of arts and culture, education, and health and welfare. Geographic coverage:  Indiana  -- SIA Foundation Inc. </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1117 </link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 10:51:18 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1117 </guid>

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<title>Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust</title>
<description>Through the Health Care Division, the Trust responds to health and wellness needs and invests in solutions that improve the quality of health for financially needy residents of North Carolina. Geographic coverage:  North Carolina  -- Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2577 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:51:05 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2577 </guid>

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<title>First Children's Finance Loan Fund</title>
<description>Loans and technical assistance to child care and early education businesses, especially those serving lower-income communities. Geographic coverage:  Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota,  or Texas  -- First Children's Finance </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1130 </link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:40:01 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1130 </guid>

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<title>USDA Community Facilities Loan and Grant Program</title>
<description>Funding to construct, enlarge, or improve essential community facilities for health care, public safety, and public services in rural areas. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- USDA Rural Development </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=91 </link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:06:37 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=91 </guid>

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<title>Rural Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG)</title>
<description>Provides grants for the development of small and emerging rural businesses, distance learning networks, and employment related adult education programs. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- U.S. Department of Agriculture </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1414 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:05:16 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1414 </guid>

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<title>Kroger Company Foundation</title>
<description>Grants are made to feed the hungry, support breast cancer initiatives, provide disaster relief, and assist local grassroots organizations. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Kroger Company Foundation </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=259 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:22:42 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=259 </guid>

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<title>Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program</title>
<description>This program furnishes loans and loan guarantees to provide funds for the costs of construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and equipment needed to provide service at the broadband lending speed in eligible rural areas. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- USDA Rural Utilities Service </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=438 </link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:01:57 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=438 </guid>

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<title>Southeast Rural Community Assistance Loan Fund Program</title>
<description>Provides low-interest loans to low-income rural communities for predevelopment costs, system upgrades and new construction of water and wastewater services and facilities. Geographic coverage:  North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and South Carolina.  -- Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1588 </link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:20:33 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1588 </guid>

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<title>HUD 242 (FHA Section 242) - Helping Hospitals Get Capital Financing</title>
<description>Loan program to help hospitals finance new construction, refinancing, and modernization or to purchase major movable equipment such as hospital beds, wheeled equipment, and office machines. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=95 </link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 15:47:57 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=95 </guid>

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<title>Urgent Repair Program</title>
<description>Funds under the Urgent Repair Program may be used to provide grants for emergency home repairs for elderly homeowners and other homeowners with special needs whose household incomes are below 50% of the area median income. Geographic coverage:  North Carolina  -- North Carolina Housing Finance Agency </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1774 </link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 11:31:27 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1774 </guid>

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<title>Rural Capital Grant Program</title>
<description>Funds to assist transportation systems that serve the general public and human-service agency clients in North Carolina's rural areas. Geographic coverage:  North Carolina  -- North Carolina Department of Transportation </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1858 </link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:05:03 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1858 </guid>

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<title>Champ A Champion Fur Kids Grants</title>
<description>Grants for childrens health and wellness. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Build A Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1827 </link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:08:50 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1827 </guid>

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<title>Otto Bremer Foundation Grants</title>
<description>Funding to help build healthy, vibrant communities. Geographic coverage:  North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin  -- Otto Bremer Foundation </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2575 </link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:33:12 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=2575 </guid>

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<title>Community Development Transportation Lending Services (CDTLS, the Fund)</title>
<description>Provides loan funding to support transit services in rural areas. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Community Transportation Association of America </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=671 </link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:29:44 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=671 </guid>

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<title>SBA Certified Development Company (504) Loan Program</title>
<description>Provides growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Small Business Administration </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=96 </link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:43:42 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=96 </guid>

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<title>Charles A. Frueauff Foundation Grants</title>
<description>Awards grants in the areas of higher education, social services, health and hospitals. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Charles A. Frueauff Foundation </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=964 </link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:20:50 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=964 </guid>

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<title>Kresge Capital Challenge Grant Program</title>
<description>Grants designed to fund an organization's immediate capital needs and to build its capacity to raise private support for the future. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Kresge Foundation </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=264 </link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:37:31 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=264 </guid>

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<title>Surplus Real Property Available for Public Use</title>
<description>Disposal of surplus real property by lease, permits, sale, exchange, or donation. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- U.S. General Services Administration </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=98 </link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:19:43 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=98 </guid>

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<title>Federal Surplus Personal Property Donation Program</title>
<description>Enables certain nonfederal organizations to obtain property that the federal government no longer needs. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- U.S. General Services Administration </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=97 </link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:16:32 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=97 </guid>

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<title>HUD State Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program</title>
<description>Funding for revitalizing neighborhoods, expanding housing, improving community facilities and services, acquiring property such as land and buildings, and improvements to property. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=93 </link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:43:58 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=93 </guid>

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<title>IFF</title>
<description>IFF is a nonprofit community development lender providing affordable, flexible and accessible loans to nonprofits serving low-income or special-needs populations. Geographic coverage:  Iowa, Illinois, Indiana,  Missouri, Wisconsin  -- IFF </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1007 </link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:22:41 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1007 </guid>

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<title>Andersons Fund Supporting Organization Grants</title>
<description>Grants to Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan organizations with programs in the areas of education, social services, physical and mental health, neighborhood and urban affairs, natural resources and the arts. Geographic coverage:  Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan  --  </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1684 </link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:26:05 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1684 </guid>

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<title>BPHC Loan Guarantee Program</title>
<description>Loan program to Section 330 health centers to obtain a loan guarantee for the financing of a medical facility construction, renovation and modernization. Geographic coverage:  Nationwide  -- Bureau of Primary Health Care </description>
<link>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1593 </link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 10:58:12 CST</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.raconline.org/funding/details.php?funding_id=1593 </guid>

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